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Passports: British National (Overseas)

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32256

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for passports for children born outside the UK.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost

Where no further information is required, His Majesty's Passport Office advises that British passport applications from the UK will normally take around three weeks. This includes applications for children, whether they were born in the UK or overseas.

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